diff --git a/src/api.ts b/src/api.ts
index cbc7fe9..8ad0e77 100644
--- a/src/api.ts
+++ b/src/api.ts
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ function readHTML(html: string): uniteApiData {
         };
     
     //filter down to just ones named "og:..."
-    metaElems = metaElems.filter((el: cheerio.Element) => el.attribs.property?.startsWith('og:'));
+    metaElems = metaElems.filter(el => el.attribs.property?.startsWith('og:'));
 
-    metaElems.forEach((el: cheerio.Element) => {
+    metaElems.forEach(el => {
         let attr = el.attribs;
 
         if (attr.property === 'og:title') {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function readHTML(html: string): uniteApiData {
         } else if (attr.property === 'og:description') {
 
             //all lines
-            let lines = attr.content.split('\n').map((l: string) => l.trim()),
+            let lines = attr.content.split('\n').map(l => l.trim()),
                 extraLines: string[] = [];
 
             //ensure first line is correct
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ function readHTML(html: string): uniteApiData {
             lines.shift();
             
             //rest of lines
-            lines.forEach((line: string) => {
+            lines.forEach(line => {
 
-                let split = line.split(':').map((l: string) => l.trim()),
+                let split = line.split(':').map(l => l.trim()),
                     key = split[0].toLowerCase().replace(/[^\w]/g, ''),
                     value = split[1];